Photogs from over 100 countries submitted entries to the contest, which announced its winners on October 29. Scroll through the award-winners and honorable mentions below. Fair warning: a serious case of wanderlust may follow.

Vietnam

Danny Yen Sin Wong

A woman creates a fishing net in a small village near Phan Rang.

Saudi Arabia

Majid Alamri

Muslims circumambulate the Kaaba, the most sacred site in Islam.

Turkey

Leyla Emektar

A Turkish peasant walks through colorful greenhouses near Nazilli.

South Africa

Greg Lecoeur

Marine predators hunt sardines during the sardine migration along the coast of South Africa.

Sicily

Giuseppe Mario Famiani

Mount Etna erupts in December 2015.

Norway

Audun Rikardsen

Starfish feed beneath the northern lights.

Bahrain

Isa Ebrahim

A Bahraini Muslim woman carries her son.

United Arab Emirates

Ali Al Hajri

The architecture of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.

Tibet

Jianjun Huang

A smiling young Lama at Labrang Monastery.

Kashmir

Mahmoud Yakut

A nomadic inhabitant of the Sonamarg region in Kashmir poses in front of Himalayan peaks.